Introduction to Greek Civilization

Overview

Introduction to Greek Civilization from University of California, Berkeley is about key works of literature, history, and philosophy (read in English translation) will be examined in their political and social context, and in relation both to other ancient Mediterranean cultures and to subsequent developments in Western civilization.  

Students at Introduction to Greek Civilization from University of California, Berkeley will:

• study the ancient Greek world by reading its literature in translation.

• learn about the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and Plato’s dialogues, among others.

• explore why the Trojan War had such a hold on the Greek imagination, how Greece came to define itself in relation to the rest of the Mediterranean, what the world’s first democracy can tell us about our own, and much more.